The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-24

and kin" IRE whom he h talking
about he " ,uld have been in the same
set, II he Lid the courage of his CON-
victions, Tho fellow could roar trea-
SON - though he knew It's import"
If any on. knew the ''import Of trea.
son." It IL the Union man who lived in
the South during the war.
II this traducer and slanderer of men
Of whom he ID in no sense the equal,
had had one scin tillation Of thepatriot-
ism of the men whom he Is be-
lifting. he never would have written
the letter he did to the Cburant, and
his veins would have felt thrill that
would have lasted him lifetime, and
he would have had . sensation entirely
new to him.
Farmer Funston would impress one
as . genuine ideallst, and that the G..
A. r. and himself ere identical and the
r. p. only little more 20. He looks
at the latter through lenses about 8
diameters, and actually views the g..
o. P. subjectively. He views his op.
ponents az through an operaglass re-
versed; for instance, after q TRADE of
of fulsome bravo Of the Boreals which
the audience pers9nified, a. brain, bone
pluck and prodtgies against broom
sticks, &C.. he solemnly asseverated
that immediately on the fall Of Rich.
mOnd 100000 Union soldiers were
mustered out Of service" On the day
of Lees surrender Greedy In his Amer.
lean Conflict puts the entire Rebel
army at 100, 900 all told, and the Union
army at 735.131. And the records
show that on the 7th of August; 1865,
$40, 8O8 were mustered out OF service in
all departments.
Let US see about that ], SOC, 900 mus
tered out after Lee surrendered.
Lincoln called in all about $500, 900
men of which 2,6ss, 52s were in the
armies of the union Of which A, 238
were killed in battle, 1905 died of
wounds, G,216 died of unknown
causes, q, 900 died while in the hands
of the enemy as prisoners of war.
About 100000 of the 2,8SS, 52S were
two years. men whose time expired
about May 1868, and were discharged
and went home, then there was good
mary thousands Of the 100 days men
who were discharged in the fall of '64
We do not remember how many now.
Many thousands more who were
home on furlough because of sickness
or wounds, died and were not number
ell among the mustered out. 2O5, 794
were put down on the official reports
as deserters or missing In action.
Estimating those who died while on
furlough and the 100 days men pre-
viously discharged at 100000, and it
gives grand total of 1,011 .435 disabl-
ed or discharged up to the winter of '64
and '85, which taken.from the 1855. 533
would leave 1,677, $40, in the spring of
IS to be accounted. 1t was estimated
in the spring of Is that Grant had in
all the armies under his command l.
200, 1000 fit for active duty in the differ
ent fields Of operations. The difference
between the former number, and the
last would represent the sick, wounded,
disabled on detached service and pris-
Oners of war.
Will Mr.. Bond try to have US be-
fhn hot hn
sos soldiers which he says were mus
tered out on the 9Th of August 1865,
and those that Grant was estimated to
have for active duty were q myth.
Perhaps Mr.. Funston was about
right after all of "Canis Illiner's" fig.
uring. What has always hurt the av-
erage democrat IL this: Dire things
were predicted to take place when the
northern army disbanded, Grant was
going to be dictator, bands of discharg-
ed soldiers were going around the
country robbing, burning and commit
ing all sorts Of atrocities. Nothing Of
the kind happened. They SUNK away
likeRhderick Dhu's men In the "brakes
and broom, along Benledi's living
side" The democracy were very much
and never have forgiven
them and take every opportunity to
traduce smirch and belittle
their deeds from the President down to
the writer of the article in the Courant
which is getting pretty low down.
He comes down to the measure Of
his audience: to the children he COM
mends the Sunday School; to the
women the church: to the men the g.
A. r. He proclaimed war that SUBJ
lime occasion, or, as the poet would
have it, ''the glorious pomp and cir.
humanizing enoblizing
and civilizing-a hard hit at the ser.
mon on the mount and Quaker consti-
tuents and left-handed compliment
to the Confeds who precipitated the
civil war. The venerable. statesman's
garrulousness took the Vets back not
less than two decades az though dotards
to be used a. "reminiscences.
HE comes down to the measure of
bis audience"
Another direct insult to the People
Of the town where he lives. and those
Of the surrounding country; as though
the large crowd that was listening to